StephenJohnForestMD

Thoracic Surgery • Bronx, NY

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiovascular Surgery

Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

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Office
3400 Bainbridge Ave
5th Floor
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone+1 718-920-6515
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Summary

Dr. Stephen Forest is a thoracic surgeon in Bronx, NY and is affiliated with Montefiore Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and has been in practice 9 years. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, adult general thoracic surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and thoracic surgical oncology. He has more than 40 publications and over 150 citings.

Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2014 - 2016
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2014
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2008

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Cardiothoracic operating room blood gas workflow performance improvement initiative.
Forest, S., Kuan, K., Edema, U., Forest, S., Leff, J.> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2024 Mar 9
A 34-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath 1 Week After Having Arm Numbness.
Tahir Ahmad, Stephen J Forest, Maneesha Bangar, Lewis A Eisen> ;Chest. 2024 Mar 1
1 citations
Elevated glycosylated hemoglobin levels are associated with severe acute kidney injury following coronary artery bypass surgery.
Jorge Humberto Rodriguez-Quintero, John P Skendelas, Donna K Phan, Molly C Fisher, Joseph J DeRose, Leandro Slipczuk, Stephen J Forest> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2023 Nov 22
Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Primary Graft Dysfunction After Cardiac Transplantation: Results of an A Priori Ventless Approach.
Ulrich P Jorde, Angelos Arfaras-Melainis, Ningxin Wan, Mayuko Uehara, Francesco Castagna, Sasa Vukelic, Yogita M Rochlani, Shivank A Madan, Sandhya Murthy, Snehal R Pa...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Lactate Dehydrogenase and Hemorrhagic Stroke During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19.
Jose I Nunez, Mayuko Uehara, Amira Mohamed, Nicholas Mellas, Justin E Ashley, Marjan Rahmanian, Anthony Carlese, Stephen J Forest, Daniel Goldstein, Ulrich Jorde, Omar...> ;Lung. 2023 Aug 1
2 citations
Disparities in Practice Patterns by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Patients Referred for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies.
Jared J Herr, Farooq H Sheikh, Parin J Patel, Anuradha Lala, Christopher V Chien, Stephanie Hsiao, Ajay Srivastava, Dawn Pedrotty, Jennifer Nowaczyk, Shannon Tompkins,...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 Dec 15
2 citations
Perioperative Cardiometabolic Targets and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Mortality in Patients With Diabetes.
John P Skendelas, Donna K Phan, Patricia Friedmann, Carlos J Rodriguez, Daniel Stein, Armin Arbab-Zadeh, Stephen J Forest, Leandro Slipczuk> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022 May 3
Acute Thrombocytopenia is More Pronounced in Women After LVAD Implantation.
Assi Milwidsky, Magued W Haroun, Shivank Madan, Omar Saeed, Ari Feinberg, Seyed F Marashi, Mayuko Uehara, Stephen J Forest, Daniel J Goldstein, Ulrich P Jorde> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2022 May 1
5 citations
Relation of Community-Level Socioeconomic Status to Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.
Brian Lim, Dhaval Chauhan, Megan Lynn Schultz, Dov Levine, Ioannis Loumiotis, Patricia Friedmann, Michael Kyriacos Parides, Stephen John Forest, Joseph John DeRose> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 May 1
1 citations
The Interaction of Amiodarone and Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Use in Risk of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Heart Transplantation.
Thiru Chinnadurai, Snehal R Patel, Omar Saeed, Waqas Hanif, Mercedes Rivas-Lasarte, Muhammad Farooq, Carolyne Castillo, Maria Taveras, Daphenie Fauvel, Jooyoung J Shin...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2022 Feb 1
36 citations
Feasibility and Potential Impact of Heart Transplantation From Adult Donors After Circulatory Death.
Shivank Madan, Omar Saeed, Stephen J Forest, Daniel J Goldstein, Ulrich P Jorde, Snehal R Patel> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2022 Jan 18
15 citations
Practices of Referring Patients to Advanced Heart Failure Centers.
Jared J Herr, Ashwin Ravichandran, Farooq H. Sheikh, Anuradha Lala, Christopher V. Chien, Stephanie Hsiao, Ajay Srivastava, Dawn M. Pedrotty, Jennifer Nowaczyk, Shanno...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2021 Jun 17
5 citations
Cardiac Transplantation Using Hearts With Transient Dysfunction: Role of Takotsubo-Like Phenotype
Shivank Madan, Daniel B. Sims, Peter Vlismas, Snehal R. Patel, Omar Saeed, Sandhya Murthy, S. Forest, William Jakobleff, Jooyoung J. Shin, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich ...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Jul 1
7 citations
Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Survival Improves With Multidisciplinary Approach.
Ulrich P. Jorde, Aman M. Shah, Daniel B. Sims, Shivank Madan, Nida Siddiqi, A. Luke, Omar Saeed, Snehal R. Patel, Sandhya Murthy, Jooyoung J. Shin, Johanna Oviedo, Sad...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019 Aug 1
Fibrinogen Albumin Ratio and Ischemic Stroke During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Acharya, P.,Jakobleff, W. A.,Forest, S. J.,Chinnadurai, T.,Mellas, N.,Patel, S. R.,Kizer, J. R.,Billett, H. H.,Goldstein, D. J.,Jorde, U. P.,Saeed, O.> ;ASAIO J.. 2019 Apr 12
8 citations
Factors Associated With Prolonged Survival in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients.
Y. Xia, S. Forest, Patricia Friedmann, Lin Chiang Chou, Snehal R. Patel, Ulrich P. Jorde, Daniel J. Goldstein> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019 Feb 1
35 citations
Factors Associated with Ipsilateral Limb Ischemia in Patients Undergoing Femoral Cannulation Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Patricia Yau, Y. Xia, Saadat Shariff, William Jakobleff, S. Forest, Evan C. Lipsitz, Larry Scher, Karan Garg> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2019 Jan 1
A bridge from HeartMate XVE to HeartMate 3.
Loumiotis, I.,Patel, S. R.,Goldstein, D. J.,Forest, S. J.> ;J Card Surg. 2018 Oct 12
Impact of Body Mass Index on Adverse Events After Implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: An IMACS Registry Analysis
Yu Xia, Jennifer Cowger, Stephen J Forest, James K Kirklin, Robert Kormos, Ulrich Jorde, Daniel J Goldstein> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018 Sep 10
28 citations
Cardiac transplantation from non-viremic hepatitis C donors.
Snehal R. Patel, Shivank Madan, Omar Saeed, Daniel B. Sims, J. Julia Shin, Cecilia Nucci, E. Borukhov, Y. Goldstein, William Jakobleff, S. Forest, Sasa Vukelic, Sandhy...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018 Aug 17
11 citations
Impact of Prothrombin Complex Concentrate on Blood Use, Cost, and Outcomes in Heart Transplantation
Ding Wen Wu, Y. Xia, Joan Uelinger, S. Forest, James Szymanski, Kala Mohandas, Ronald Walsh, Sadiqa Karim, Etan Marks, Evan Himchak, Ritu Gupta, Daniel J. Goldstein> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Apr 1
5 citations
Outcomes of Early Adolescent Donor Hearts in Adult Transplant Recipients
Shivank Madan, Snehal R. Patel, Peter Vlismas, Omar Saeed, Sandhya Murthy, S. Forest, William Jakobleff, Daniel B. Sims, Jacqueline M. Lamour, Daphne T. Hsu, Julia Shi...> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2017 Aug 16
About the Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Robert E Michler, Kenneth C Kaplan, Stephen J Forest> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
3 citations
Reporting the First Subcutaneous ICD Placed in the Immediate Postorthotopic Heart Transplant Period for Acute Cellular Rejection-Associated Cardiac Arrest and Investig...
Mudit Kaushal, Jonathan D. Leff, Jay N. Gross, William Jakobleff, S. Forest, Galina Leyvi> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2017 Mar 28
6 citations
The Impact of Robotic Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on In-Hospital Narcotic Use: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
Wissam Raad, S. Forest, Marco Follis, Patricia Friedmann, Joseph J. DeRose> ;Innovations. 2016 Mar 1
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